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Prequel to The Last Wild announced!
Posted on October 21, 2020
Delighted to announce that, eight years later, there will be a prequel to THE LAST WILD. THE WILD BEFORE will be published on August 19th 2021 with Ha…
British Book Awards 2021 judges announced
Posted on February 1, 2021
Very proud and excited to be announced today as one of the judges of this year’s #Nibbies, or British Book Awards, run by The Bookseller magazine. I will be judging the Best Book, Children’s Fiction,…
Lockdown Stories Return!
Posted on January 5, 2021
Lockdown time means Storytime is back! I will be reading The Dark Wild, the second book in The Last Wild trilogy, out aloud at 2.30pm every weekday from Weds 6th Jan, a chapter a day, live on Instagra…
Wild About Writing WINNER announced!
Posted on October 20, 2020
ANNOUNCEMENT DELIGHTED to announce that the WINNER of my #WildAboutWriting competition with Blackwell’s Bookshop and Hachette Children’s is…. ‘Rescued Like Her Name”, by Siri Krznaric, age 11 You ca…
Wild about Writing Tip 6: Fantastic Finish
Posted on September 11, 2020
There are just TWO DAYS left to enter Wild About Writing! So this week, my final writing tip for you all is on how to give your story a FANTASTIC FINISH! These tips are for anyone entering my W…
Wild About Writing Tip 5: Super Stories!
Posted on September 2, 2020
Just two weeks left to enter Wild About Writing! This penultimate week my tip is about how to write a longer story than you might normally…how to write a SUPER STORY! These tips are for anyon…
Wild About Writing Tip 3: Exciting Events
Posted on August 31, 2020
This week my writing tip is on how to fill your story with EXCITING EVENTS, that keep the reader turning the page… These tips are for anyone entering my #WildaboutWriting creative writing competitio…